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Summer wouldn’t be summer without a game of Settlers of Catan with Yogi. #germanboardgames

My mom had some extra flight miles so we decided it would be nice for me to have a little getaway up to the Cape.

So off I went.

I arrived on the 9th early in the day and immediately Yogi’s family was there to pick me up from the airport. The flight attendants were really awesome and extremely helpful as I was flying alone for the first time. #shoutouttoSWA

We grabbed some lunch and then headed to Oyster Beach where Yogi’s Dad had to help me with my fear of the ocean. He was very patient with me. He carried me out on the sand and stood next to me the entire time. He let me ease into the water all on my time. The ocean was beautiful!! I hope my mom and siblings can take a trip up here.

We have been exploring different places a little each day. Yogi’s parents usually will drop us off and then periodically check up on us with a phone call. My favorite so far has been Chatham Lighthouse. Coming in close second would have been our visit Chatham’s Godfrey Windmill. I love the never ending supply of seafood!!

#seafoodfordays #salmonislife

It is nice because back home I usually only have seafood when my mom and I go out to eat since my siblings are not big seafood individuals.

Many more adventures on the horizon but in being honest, I sure do miss home. I miss my mom, brother, and sister (even though I don’t see her as often as I would like). Maybe I am not so much a teenager after all. Can’t wait to see them when I land on the 13th. #twomoredaystogo

Last night was a night of rebelling!! Well, not really seeing as we had parent permission but it sounds so much cooler adding the word “rebelling.” Doesn’t it? My mom dropped me off at Dahlia’s and Daisy’s so we could do movie night. The usual titles were on the menu; Finding Nemo, Cars, The Muppets take Manhatthan (thank you HULU) and of course, Little Mermaid. Daisy surprised us by suggesting a few scary movies. After a few minutes back and forth we decided on The Conjuring.

Snapped this of the girls during

The movie was awesome!!! It made remember the days of watching scary movies with my best friend Layla. It also taught me to always ask the history of a home before making my entrance. Last thing I would want is to become possessed with some spirit from a past lifetime especially one during an era where the clothes were not cool at all.

#alwaysremembered #foreverinmyheart

Mrs. Z. was really cool. She made us some carrot and squash cupcakes and she even bought us some awesome caramel flavored popcorn. We ended the night with a Greenieeach. We now have permission to watch one scary movie a month. Looks like our parents are finally realizing that we are growing up. #nolongerbabies #nolongerachild

She was about to go into detail about her first quarrel with Cleetus when we were interrupted by those scrumptious never ending breadsticks. #carbislife

Apparently, she was to meet him at the library last week and her parents were not keen on allowing her to go by herself (Daisy and I were both working that day) so she told him she couldn’t go. After some going back and forth with her mom, Mrs Z. decided to drop her off for an hour. She wasn’t able to call and give Cleetus the good news since he doesn’t have a cell phone so she just figured she would surprise him. Well, SURPRISE!! She walked into the library and found Cleetus sitting a corner on a big bean bag with some other girl! She said she kept her cool as she was walking towards them but inside she wasn’t sure how to feel. He introduced the girl as his neighbor who just ended up being there at the same time. Fast forward to our lunch date and who do we see coming in as we are leaving, YUP Cleetus and Emilie. I was proud of my girl Dahlia, she showed she was mature. She said hello, hugged Cleetus hi and goodbye and then said she would talk to him later. #dahliaisbecominganadult

On the drive to drop me off Mrs Z. told us that as we get older we are going to have many heartbreaks before we find the “one” but that each heartbreak will shape us in different ways. Do all MOMS use that same line? I could have sworn my mom said the same to me.

I know I have been MIA but life has been keeping me busy. First, I did some traveling with my best buds, Daisy and Dahlia. We took are spring worthy figures and took a drive to Lake Travis. My Mom rented a kayak and we took in the scenery. She was extra loving when she saw we were becoming famished so she treated us to a little slice of East Side Pie.

It was scrumptious!!

We also took up a part time job. We started helping out at a little fancy bistro in the neighborhood. We get paid peanuts compared to the German Shepherds, Boxers, and Pit Bulls. This wage gap needs to be worked on! Totally not fair. Anyhoo, we get paid to “bus” the tables which for us just means going around and eating everything that has fallen to the floor. 🙂 Like seriously, I scored a huge slice of Tiramisu. This little part time job also brought some other goodies per say. Dahlia has started a little work place romance with Cleetus, a four year old Boxer. Daisy and myself both told her work place romances never end well but she refused to listen to us. So they have been “dating” for about five months now. I put dating in parenthesis because her parents do not know. I can tell you if her Dad, Mr. Z found out, he would have his Corvette in that restaurant parking lot in zero to 60 in 2 seconds! He made it clear to them no dating until high school even then but Dahlia is Dahlia. We have been covering for her as much as we can. So far so good.

Summer arrived and needless to say our spring bodies just did not progress to a “summer” bod, no biggie we just strut our rolls like Divas.

Well, I best be signing off now. My mom is begging me to hang out on the sofa with her for a bit. I am not sure what has been up with her lately, I think she feels my brother and I are growing up more and more every day and we don’t want to have quality time with her. But hello…we are both teenagers! Parents are just so not hip!

World, meet my cousin Jerry. My beloved Uncle D adopted him a month ago. I will say this, Jerry is one LUCKY guy! My Uncle D will undeniably be an amazing father to him. I am sure he is already being spoiled. I am going to love having another cousin to the mix. I myself have been pestering my Mom for a sibling these last few months but all I get is the “I don’t think so Bella. In a few years, your brother will go off to college and I will be what is referred to as an “empty-nester”.” Now, don’t get my Mom wrong she has been a great Mom to me and my siblings and she has also put her life aside to dedicate herself as mom. So, it is only natural that she is looking forward to being an empty-nester because then she can start living her life for herself. But…she will always be there for her kids, I included.

Back to my cousin Jerry, I think he is going to be an awesome addition to the family. Plus, he will break up the numbers. See, my grandparents only have two grandpups so Jerry coming in to the family now offsets it; so Fiona and I won’t wonder who the favorite is. Now, we will know. 🙂 and I am totally COOL with it.

The only downside is that my cousin Jerry lives about 5 hours away so I may not always be able to hang out with him but I know my Mom spoke with my Uncle and asked him to throw a picture our way every once in a while so we can see how he is growing up. Here is to the next generation.

Mrs. Z called yesterday aftenoon to see if I could go over and hang out and watch movies with the girls. My mom gave me permission with the understanding I put my toys away before she dropped me off. I think that was the fastest I have ever picked up after myself. Along the way, we stopped at the Walgreens so I could pick up a bag of Skinny Pop popcorn. After all, we are all watching our figures. Thirty minutes later we arrived at Mrs. Z’s place and mom kissed me goodbye. Mrs. Z put in Ice Age 2 for us and told us she would be back in an hour or so while she went out to run a few last minute errands before Christmas. The door closed and Daisy ejected Ice Age 2 and popped in Love Story. We are three single girls and what sort of movies do single girls love to watch during the holidays…dramatic romance movies. Love Story is one of my favorite all time movies, I even have the book. About an hour into the movie we heard keys jingling in at the door and we had to quickly switch out the movies and pretend we were “preteens” again. Mrs. Z walked in with bags in hand and Ice Age was on the television screen. Except, Dahlia did not get the memo that we were to sit on the sofa and pretend as if we had been watching the movie the whole time. She went and hid under the bed and as you can see from the picture not very good at it. Mrs. Z became suspicious as any Mom would and next thing you know we were being questioned. Daisy and myself played it pretty cool as we were the oldest and more experienced. Mrs. Z was buying it too until Dahlia came out from under the bed yelling “Bozo, Bozo.” She came to a screeching halt when she slid right into Mrs. Z. When Mrs. Z asked her who Bozo was Dahlia blurted out that was the name Jenny told Oliver she wanted to name her son. The confused look on Mrs. Z’s face was enough for me to do the right thing so I came out and told her we had switched the movie. She thanked me for being honest and surprised us by popping in Love Story again and sitting down and watching it with us. It turned out to be a great night especially since Mrs. Z didn’t even tell my mom of the night’s shenanigans.

Yup, this is my good Ol’ pal Dahlia. I told you all she was a big goof-ball! Daisy her sister had a date tonight with some Schnauzer named Rainer and she absolutely did not want to spend a Saturday night with the “Rents” so I told her to come on over. My mom loves to spoil me and my friends so she made us a grain free all organic squash pie. It was incredibly delicious. We took turns on pieces so we could make sure we each had an even amount. My mom also has raised me to have manners. 🙂

For the most part, we have been binge watching CSI: NEW YORK on Netflix. My mom asked us if we wanted to watch something else like maybe Finding Nemo, Cars, or some other animated movie but we made it known that we are not kids anymore. I won’t lie but maybe we should have stuck to something animated, there have been a few episodes where we had to dig our heads into a pillow or something. This has been a very graphic show. Luckily for us, my brother is always a few paw steps away for big brother support.

Dahlia confided to me a earlier in the evening that she is in love. I told her to be careful because puppy love never lasts. I speak from experience. My relationship with Krueger was very short-lived. Don’t worry folks, I am way over that. I know now that it did not work out with Krueger because my real Doggy Soul Mate is still out there. Back to Dahlia, so it seems her parents do not allow her to talk on the phone due to her being young still so I did something rebel like…I loaned her my cell! I sort of gave her a piece of paper of what to say and sent her to my room so she could call her crush, Carmine. A few minutes later, she came out and said they were going to try to and make it to where they “coincidentally” are at Petsmart at the same time.

Dahlia’s parents will be here in about an hour or so so I am going to sign out for now so I may enjoy this goof-ball for a little longer.

My first lunch date behind mom’s back and it went from good to bad in less than 20 seconds. I decided to invite my good friends Dahlia and Daisy over for some scrumptious Turkey and Vegetables that my mom made the night before. All was going well…until Dahlia decided she wanted to sit on my side of the sofa. I take full responsibility because although Daisy has been over a few times, Dahlia had never been. I should have given her the house rules up front.

See, let me make it clear…the IKEA Sofa is MY sofa. This is just common knowledge at home already. I mean, even my brother knows that every inch of that sofa is my personal property. I won’t lie though, he will try his best to control it but in the end, I win and he retreats to his room.

FOR I AM QUEEN OF THE SOFA!!!!

After we finished lunch we thought it would be a great idea to retreat back to the living room and watch a movie. My mom had earned a free Vudu Movie code and she had used it to purchase Neighbors 2. I remember hearing her tell my brother that she had until the next day available to watch, in case he wanted to see it as well. So as I gracefully trekked from the dining room to the living room to make my presence known on my comfy sofa, when low and behold Dahlia carelessly ran past me and knocked me down. She sprinted right up onto the sofa and took residence in my corner.

After all the jabs, pushes, and shoving we decided to compose ourselves back to a very lady-like demeanor.

In the end, my mom came home early and was not a happy camper with how the sofa was left. As you can see it, it was not looking very pretty.

Punishment phase began about 2 minutes later and now I am grounded until tomorrow.

(Thanks Dahlia)

I received a text the other day from my cousin, Gizmo in California to see how the family has been. I gave him the regular low down on everyone, my brother has become a jock, my sister has not changed any, and I still love my naps.He said next time my family went to Cali to sneak into the luggage and go for a visit.

Do any of you all at times find it hard to muster the courage of asking your parents about something you especially want?

I would love to go visit my cousin in San Diego during Christmas break but I am so afraid my mom will say no. After all, I would be traveling alone either by air or by ground. Plus, honestly, I don’t think I myself have the courage to go alone. You hear so many bad and horrible things on the news now a days and that makes me so fearful.

Gizmo said he would ask his mom if they could meet me halfway…maybe pick me up in Arizona.

I can just see me now…walking down Santa Monica Pier or even shopping in San Diego.

Backdrop: My cell phone vibrates off the ottoman signaling a call being received

Me: Hola

(my cousin) Brownie: Hey Bells, guess what!

Me: What? You won the Lotto?

Brownie: Ha! No, I wish. This past weekend my folks and the siblings went to get some dinner. There was a family out in the courtyard taking what looked like family pictures and as I walked by the photographer lady smiled at me.

Me: Cool, where did ya’ll go eat? My mom treated to me to a philly cheesesteak sandwich this weekend. It was so good. She also surprised me with carrot cupcakes.

Brownie: Bells, stay focused here. It is not about where we went to dinner but what happened during dinner. The lady photographer approached my parents about me being in a photo shoot. She said I had nice coloring and a spunky personality. I spent the entire drive home finding ways to convince them.

Me: Well, did you? Are they going to allow you?

Brownie: Yes, Bells!! They did. I had the photo shoot yesterday and it was so much fun. I even got to wear different outfits but they looked funny so I opted out of the rest.

Me: Really? What sort of funny outfits? Funny as in the yellow submarine costume my mom made me wear one year?

Brownie: Not quite that funny but close enough. My mom really had fun. My dad just laughed the entire time, you know him.

Me: So, are you going to be in magazines or what? I think I would make a good model, what do you think? I mean, everyone states I am photogenic.

Brownie: Hey Bells, my mom is calling me to pick up my toys. I will call you later. I will text you one of the pictures so you can use it as my contact pic.

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